The Movement Control Training Associated With Conventional Physical Therapy is More Effective Than Conventional Physical Therapy Alone in Pain and Functional Performance?

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Clinical Trial

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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02624245
• Other study ID #: : PL004
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 2, 2015
• Last updated: December 3, 2015
• Start date: May 2013
• Est. completion date: October 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2015
• Source: University of Nove de Julho
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Assess pain, performance function, hip and knee strength and kinematics of trunk and lower limbs during single leg hop test after movement control training associated to hip and knee muscle strengthening.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 34
• Est. completion date: October 2015
• Est. primary completion date: August 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sedentary women,

• Previous knee pain last 3 months in at least two of the following activities: sitting for long periods, walk up or down stairs, squat, running and jumping

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lower limb surgery,

• Patella displacement

• Knee instability

• Heart or locomotor disorders which might influence the evaluation

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Intervention

Other:
• Conventional Physical Therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade Nove de Julho	São Paulo	SP

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Nove de Julho

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain	NRPS Score	4 weeks	Yes
Primary	Functional Performance	Single leg hop test distance	4 weeks	Yes
Secondary	Strength of hip and knee extensor muscles measured through hand-held dynamometer		4 weeks	No
Secondary	3D kinematic range of motion of hip adduction during single leg hop test		4 weeks	Yes
Secondary	3D kinematic maximum angular value of hip adduction during single leg hop test		4 weeks	Yes